Student killed himself in Acton days after being found on edge of bridge

A London College of Fashion student killed himself five days after being found on the edge of a bridge – but neither police nor doctors told his parents about the incident on the bridge. Henry Curtis-Williams, 21, a fashion photography student at the prestigious college, was found dead less than a week after he was released from a psychiatric ward, an inquest has heard. He had been rescued by police at the Orwell Bridge in Ipswich near his family’s Suffolk home days before he was found hanged in a cemetery near his halls of residence in Acton , west London. His parents, who are separated, only discovered three weeks later that he was saved by police from the bridge five days earlier on May 11, 2016, the inquest heard. They then received a letter of condolence from health chiefs which wrongly referred to him as “William,” West London Coroner’s Court was told. His parents believe he would still be alive if health chiefs at Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust had alerted them to the earlier scare, the inquest heard. Coroner Dr Sean Cummings said he will write a prevent future deaths report to the trust to ensure improvements are made. Henry’s mother, Pippa Travis-Williams, said in a statement to the inquest it was “very difficult to comprehend” they were not told about the bridge incident. She said: “We didn’t receive a letter of condolence from the trust for seven-and-a-half weeks, and even then they incorrectly named Henry as William.”… [Read full story]